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CVE-2010-4645 Detail

Description

strtod.c, as used in the zend_strtod function in PHP 5.2 before 5.2.17 and 5.3 before 5.3.5, and other products, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a certain floating-point value in scientific notation, which is not properly handled in x87 FPU registers, as demonstrated using 2.2250738585072011e-308.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugs.php.net/53632 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit 
http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/28/14/29/PDF/floating-point-article.pdf CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053333.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053355.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133226187115472&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469208622507&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/42812 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/42843 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/43051 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/43189 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2011&m=slackware-security.484686 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_2/Zend/zend_strtod.c?r1=266327&r2=307095&pathrev=307095 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://www.exploringbinary.com/php-hangs-on-numeric-value-2-2250738585072011e-308/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/05/2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Patch 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/05/8 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/5 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/05/14/3 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0195.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0196.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45668 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1042-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0060 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0066 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0077 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0198 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64470 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-189 Numeric Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-4645
NVD Published Date:
01/10/2011
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.